Plow-point



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B. G. TUCKER.

PLOW POINT. No. 247,439. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcno ROBERT C. TUCKER, OF LAMONT, MICHIGAN.

PLOW-POINT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 247,439, dated September 20, 1881.

Application filed June 2 1, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT C. TUCKER, a citizen of the United States, resident of Lamont, in the county of Ottawa and State of Michigan, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Plow-Points; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan of the blank forming my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the device as attached to the plowshare. Fig. 3 is a bottom view, and Fig. 4 is a side view.

This invention has relation to wear-plates for plows; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of features, as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings,the letter A designates the blank from which the point is made. This blank is-made with an enlarged broad point portion, B, and extending from this the narrow extension B. The edge a of these portions is continuous, as shown; but the edge a of portion B is at an angle to the edge a, so that the portion B is of trapezoidal form. From the smaller end of this portion extends, at its middle, the reduced end or projection b.

1) represents the attachment, consisting of the socket portion E, which is formed by bending the sides a of the part A of the blank downward and toward each other, and by bending the end I) of said part under and welding the ends of the sides a thereto, asindicated in the drawings. One of said sides a is, however, extended to form the part B of the blank, and this extension is also longitudinally bent or doubled to form the share guard or shoe F, the entire attachment being made in one piece.

In plowing in dry soil late in the season as, for instance, in preparing the ground for winter wheat-the cutting-edges of cast-iron points and shares are rapidly worn out; but if these attachments are employed they will preserve the share and point, and will facilitate the work materially, as the attachment can be taken off and sharpened when necessary.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A plow-point formed from a blank having the broad portion 15, with extension I) and the narrow portion B, the edge a of both portions being continuous and the edge a of portion B being at an angle to edge a, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. 1

ROBERT OHAUNOEY TUCKER.

Witnesses:

R. RANDALL, THOMAS J. CLARK. 

